Body of Lies, character banners

More variations on the Body of Lies design theme we’ve seen here and here. The soft-focus grid of background lights gives this pair a powerful visual unity and reminds us that the action will be backed up with an blinking arsenal of high-tech toys. Again with the gun-metal tint that’s been the color of success all year, beginning with The Dark Knight. I know everybody’s probably sick of me obsessing on this subject, but branding with color can key into subtle emotional buttons in the subconscious and it’s an important part of how images get inside our heads. This is becoming a veritable trademark shade for Warner Brothers, and the studio is even soaking their logo in deep-sea blue-green tones.¬†¬†Halfway between devilish Prada cerulean and something more metallically hardcore, I think we’ll start calling it “steel teal.”